Mopsus

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ἠργάζετο τῷ σώματι μισθαρνοῦσα τοῖς βουλομένοις αὐτῇ πλησιάζειν → she lived as a prostitute letting out her person for hire to those who wished to enjoy her, she worked with her body by hiring herself out to anyone who wanted to have sex with her

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Mopsus: i, m., = Μόψος>.
I A soothsayer in Argos, Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7; id. Div. 1, 40, 88; id. Leg. 2, 13, 33.—
II A soothsayer in Thessaly, Ov. M. 12, 456; Hyg. Fab. 14; 128; 173.—
III Another soothsayer, the son of Manto, Val. Fl. 1, 207.—
The name of a shepherd, Verg. E. 5, 1; 10; 8, 26; 29.—
Another name for Mopsuhestia, q. v., Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 91.